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Jun 6, 2017

US contractor arrested after leak of Russia hacking report

WASHINGTON — A federal contractor has been arrested following the leak of a classified intelligence report that suggests Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before […]

Jan 6, 2017

Cuomo wants tougher penalties for hacking

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to strengthen state laws against computer hacking, identity theft and other cybercrimes. The Democratic governor on Friday also called for the creation of a […]

Dec 27, 2016

Feds say 3 hacked law firms’ networks, made insider trades

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in New York say three Chinese nationals profited from insider information about mergers and acquisitions after hacking into the networks of law firms working on […]

Oct 19, 2016

Banks face new demands to guard themselves from hackers

  Hackers who relentlessly pursue banks may run into tougher defenses as the Federal Reserve and other U.S. regulators force the biggest lenders to plug any vulnerabilities. Banking agencies released […]

Aug 29, 2016

FBI warns of possible state election-system hacks

NEW YORK — The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers targeted related data systems in two states. In a confidential […]

Aug 11, 2015

9 charged with making $100M using hacked press releases

  NEWARK, N.J. — An international web of hackers and traders was charged by U.S. authorities Tuesday with making $100 million by breaking into the computers of business newswire services, […]

Jun 12, 2015

Officials: Hack exposed up to 14M federal records

WASHINGTON — As many as 14 million current and former civilian U.S. government employees had their personal information exposed to hackers, according to two people who were briefed on the […]

Dec 18, 2014

Sony cyberattack may be costliest ever

NEW YORK — The unprecedented hack of Sony Pictures which a U.S. official says is linked to North Korea may be the most damaging cyberattack ever inflicted on an American […]

Jun 4, 2014

Little public action in Chinese cyberspying case

WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder vowed to bring to a U.S. courtroom five members of the Chinese military who the U.S. accused of hacking computers for […]

Jun 2, 2011

US investigating Google claim of China hacking

LONDON — Authorities in the United States are investigating a Google claim that hackers in China stole email details of senior U.S. government officials — an issue that illustrates the problem of attribution in cyberspace, the coordinator for cyber issues at the U.S. State Department said Thursday.

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